Reynolds
Nothing pulls me into time travel like the contents of my filing cabinets. Stemming from an era when teachers devoted significant effort to building files for every potential subject, my filing cabinets have been dragged from the music building of SMU, to our house in … Read more
Professor Carol will teach a live online mini-course for children in the grades 2-5 range in four daily sessions, Monday-Thursday, June 20-23. Details of the course and registration information can be here. Each day will begin with a one-hour session (including specific time for questions … Read more
For our final chapter of Music for the Seasons, we present Music for Spring. Composers, like poets, revel in spring images, setting poems about spring into songs and turning the colors and fragrances of spring, as well as her unpredictable weather, into spans of orchestral color, rhythmic motion, … Read more
Hymn Workshop: Spirituals Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 8 pm EST Let’s turn in the month of February to one of the most emotional and powerful forms of singing praise: the American Spiritual. This seemingly simple form of musical prayer and worship has had enormous influence, … Read more
Music to celebrate Summer? Yes, composers across time have captured the themes of summer, from storms and squalls to the stillness of the air in August’s heat. In our next webinar on July 27, and beginning with a rollicking Medieval round, Professor Carol will lead … Read more
Professor Carol takes up the rich topic of music and literature next week in a live, online presentation Monday, June 14, at 8 pm Eastern. The session considers 1) how composers turn to literature for themes and inspiration, 2) how musical compositions provide insight into literature … Read more
We have several upcoming webinars. Details and registration information for all of these can be found on our webinar page. A Night at the Opera: Verdi’s La Traviata Tuesday, May 4 at 8 pm Eastern A staple of the operatic repertoire, this tragic love story … Read more
Last week Carol gave three talks for the Classical’s Consortium’s online conference “Soulcraft.” More about those below. But first, we can now announce two new upcoming webinars: A Sprint through the Early Romantic Era. Continuing our series of “Sprints Through History,” we will take the … Read more
Boy genius? Unmatched musical master? Semi-tragic figure plagued by self-created problems? What about the trendy idea that listening to Mozart’s music will make babies smarter? What accounts for the mystique behind this composer? Join us on February 11 and find out as we discuss what makes … Read more
Happy New Year to all our readers! With the Advent Calendar and the holidays behind us, we resume a more normal webinar schedule. We hope you will join us for these January events: Getting to Known Mozart’s The Magic Flute Our grandkids love this famous … Read more